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daler
 
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Default Warming up

I'm in the process of adding a basement bathroom adjacent to my laundry
room.

I'd like to insert a "T" into the 5" heat duct running along the floor
joist above my new bathroom, thus providing heat where there was none.

When all is said and done, I'll have a ceiling diffuser shooting heat
down into my new bathroom.

Question: how best to cut the existing heat duct to insert the "T"?

Would a reciprocating saw with metal blade do the trick? And can I
slice it in place, or am I going to have to pull the duct down to work
on it? (almost not worth it if I have to do that, in my opinion)

Never tried this before...any suggestions appreciated.
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Travis Jordan
 
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daler wrote:
I'm in the process of adding a basement bathroom adjacent to my
laundry room.

I'd like to insert a "T" into the 5" heat duct running along the floor
joist above my new bathroom, thus providing heat where there was none.

When all is said and done, I'll have a ceiling diffuser shooting heat
down into my new bathroom.


Assuming your current duct system is well designed, you may be creating
a problem where one currently doesn't exist.

Question: how best to cut the existing heat duct to insert the "T"?


If you insist....use duct snips.


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